Larger snow removal businesses can weather mild winters thanks to steady contracts with commercial clients, but independent plow operators have struggled to make money this season.
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Bishop Deeley school visit tradition returns after pandemic hiatus
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland recently announced the return of school visits from Bishop Robert Deeley. For reasons of safety and diocesan policy, the longstanding tradition of Bishop Deeley visiting Catholic schools across Maine was paused from the spring of 2020 until the winter of 2022. “I really do enjoy my school visits,” Deeley […]
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Bowdoin International Music Festival receives $200,000 toward student scholarship
The Bowdoin International Music Festival has received a $200,000 endowment fund gift from The Bingham Charitable Trust for Maine student scholarships. The award allows all accepted young Maine student musicians who play violin, viola or cello to attend the prestigious six-week summer institute with full-tuition scholarships. From the time of his youth until the end […]
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People and Business: Jan. 11
Giving back Marden’s Surplus and Salvage raised and donated $100,000 to Maine Children’s Home’s Christmas Program. The donation is a combination of $84,000 from Marden’s customers through the company’s Red Stocking Program and a $16,000 gift from the Marden family. Marden’s has been running the Red Stocking Program for MCH since 2006. MCH provides new […]
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Man who died in Route 1 crash remembered for prison advocacy work
Robert ‘Paco’ Payzant Jr., 55, spent several years as a volunteer hospice worker as a state inmate before joining the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition.
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Fitness centers look beyond January membership surge
Several proposals for athletics complexes in the Midcoast may move forward in 2023, while existing spaces like the Bath Family YMCA are adjusting offerings to hook “lifelong members.”
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Coastal Journal Meetings: Jan. 13-20
Bath Wed. 1/18 4 p.m. Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee City Hall Brunswick Tue. 1/17 6:30 p.m. Town Council Zoom, Town Hall Wed. 1/18 10 a.m. Staff Review Committee Zoom, Town Hall Wed. 1/18 6 p.m. School Board Zoom Thu. 1/19 5 p.m. Cable TV Meeting Zoom, Town Hall Harpswell Mon. 1/16 5 p.m. Town Lands […]
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Commentary: Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust’s year in review
The theme of the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust’s 2022 annual report was “Rooted and Rising” – a perfect encapsulation of BTLT’s work over this past year. We remain firmly rooted in our core mission of conservation and stewardship and deeply committed to our most established and beloved programs – the Farmers’ Market at Crystal Spring Farm, […]
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Mid Coast-Parkview Health President Lois Skillings set to retire
Skillings officially retires Jan. 19, handing the reins over to emergency physician and former Mid Coast-Parkview Chief Medical Officer Dr. Christopher Bowe.
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Former Brunswick councilor pleads not guilty to child porn charges
An attorney representing Christopher Watkinson claimed Wednesday that the former Brunswick town councilor had accidentally accessed three explicit images in June 2021 and intended to turn them over to authorities.